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SULAIR NEWS – January 21, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- SULAIR Acronyms
- Need Articles for SULAIR News
- *** Reference Question of the Week ***
- SULAIR Job Opportunities
1. SULAIR Acronyms
Thank you to those of you who contributed to the SULAIR Acronym list. I've compiled the list and posted it at:
https://consul.stanford.edu/display/Info/Home
Please add to the list as you come across new acronyms. This list is in the hopes to help people, like myself, who find themselves lost among the mass of acronyms throughout the libraries.
Any questions, I can be reached at renee.mueller@stanford.edu.
--submitted by Renee Mueller
2. Need Articles for SULAIR News
Just a reminder that SULAIR News is a useful communication tool only if SULAIR staff contribute articles. If you have work-related items that would be of interest to all staff, please submit them via the online submission system at:
http://sulairnews.stanford.edu/issues/submit/submit.jsp
Example topics include new projects or project updates, significant acquisitions, all-staff announcements, and new SULAIR staff.
More information about submitting a SULAIR News article is on the web at:
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/about_sulair/for_sul_staff/subm.html
--submitted by Editorial Staff
3. *** Reference Question of the Week ***
Question: I'm researching the influence of the Bible on the abolition of slavery in the U.S., specifically John Brown's use of the Bible. I need to trace Bible publication and commentaries from the late 18th Century through the Civil War.
Answer: For a bibliographical and printing perspective, you might want to look at Margaret Hill's 1961 bibliography (which also includes an index to commentaries): The English Bible in America. Other volumes that may be useful include Spreading the Word, the Bible Business in Nineteenth-Century America, The Bible and Bibles in America, and The Rise of Biblical Criticism in America, 1800-1870.
Mark Noll of Notre Dame has written extensively on the subject. A useful review essay appeared in the Journal of Biblical Literature in 1987. Noll's most recent work might also be helpful: The Civil War as a Theological Crisis. He also edited an earlier collection on the cultural history of the Bible in America, called The Bible in America, Essays in Cultural History.
Regarding John Brown specifically, the basic study of his religious beliefs is Fire From the Midst of You, by Louis DeCaro. DeCaro also maintains a John Brown blog, with details about John Brown's religious beliefs and artifacts from his life and death.
For the complete answer, visit the Information Center Web site at:
https://www.stanford.edu/group/ic/cgi-bin/drupal2/node/447
To contribute to the Reference Question of the Week feature of SULAIR News, submit your question
and answer through the SULAIR News online submission form.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
4. SULAIR Job Opportunities
SULAIR has no new positions this week.
For a complete description of open positions within SULAIR, go to the Stanford Jobs page and type University Libraries in the Job Search box at the bottom of the page.
--submitted by Editorial Staff
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Editor: Eleanor Brown, Eleanor.Brown@stanford.edu
